By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 24 Jul 22
How to become incorrigible It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul.– Ursula K. Le Guin Earlier this year, Bill Gates published a book about how to stop the next pandemic. Basically, he urged that we do the same thing we did this time, only more thoroughly and more broadly. […] The post Pandemania, Part 4 first appeared on Charles Eisenstein.
How to become incorrigible It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul.– Ursula K. Le Guin Earlier this year, Bill Gates published a book about how to stop the next pandemic. Basically, he urged that we do the same thing we did this time, only more thoroughly and more broadly. […] The post Pandemania, Part
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 16 Jun 22
Note to readers: I considered dividing this essay into seven parts, because it is long and in some places pretty dense. So set aside some time to drop in with it. It weighs in at over 8,000 words — just what they recommend to maximize virality. Or maybe that was 800 words. An audio version […] The post Transhumanism and the Metaverse first appeared on Charles Eisenstein.
Note to readers: I considered dividing this essay into seven parts, because it is long and in some places pretty dense. So set aside some time to drop in with it. It weighs in at over 8,000 words — just what they recommend to maximize virality. Or maybe that was 800 words. An audio version […] The post Transhumanism and
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 2 Jun 22
Or maybe I will A couple years ago, in the heat of the Covid controversies, I wrote an article titled The Conspiracy Myth. I tried neither to debunk nor prove the conspiracy narrative around the origins of Covid. My thesis was that, like all myths, this narrative is a vehicle for hidden truths, psychological and social. […] The post Why I Won’t Write on You-Know-What first appeared on Charles Eisenstein.
Or maybe I will A couple years ago, in the heat of the Covid controversies, I wrote an article titled The Conspiracy Myth. I tried neither to debunk nor prove the conspiracy narrative around the origins of Covid. My thesis was that, like all myths, this narrative is a vehicle for hidden truths, psychological and social. […] The post Why I
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 16 Feb 22
Hi everyone, I was just on a family trip and wrote an essay about current events, people power, etc. which I saved on a USB drive which now is completely dead. I’m taking it as an opportunity to rethink it. In the meantime, here is a short essay I wrote for a website called Trends with […] The post The Paradox of Busy first appeared on Charles Eisenstein.
Hi everyone, I was just on a family trip and wrote an essay about current events, people power, etc. which I saved on a USB drive which now is completely dead. I’m taking it as an opportunity to rethink it. In the meantime, here is a short essay I wrote for a website called Trends with […] The post The Paradox
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 10 Jan 22
I’m taking time off writing a long and frustrating essay to review a film I saw last night, Netflix’ popular Don’t Look Up. Spoiler alert! Maybe best to watch it first. In the film, a planet-killing comet is headed toward earth. The world responds mostly with disbelief. Humanity lowers its eyes onto its cellphone screens, memes, […] The post Comet of Deliverance first appeared on Charles Eisenstein.
I’m taking time off writing a long and frustrating essay to review a film I saw last night, Netflix’ popular Don’t Look Up. Spoiler alert! Maybe best to watch it first. In the film, a planet-killing comet is headed toward earth. The world responds mostly with disbelief. Humanity lowers its eyes onto its cellphone screens, memes, […] The post Comet of
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 22 Dec 21
A member of an online community I co-host described a Match.com exchange in which her prospective date, upon finding she was only partially vaccinated, wished her death—the sooner the better. It was one of many similar, she said. Now it is probably a good idea to eliminate from the dating pool people who disagree with […] The post Divide, Conquer; Unite, Heal first appeared on Charles Eisenstein.
A member of an online community I co-host described a Match.com exchange in which her prospective date, upon finding she was only partially vaccinated, wished her death—the sooner the better. It was one of many similar, she said. Now it is probably a good idea to eliminate from the dating pool people who disagree with […] The post Divide, Conquer;
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 17 Dec 21
The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.– Mohandas K. Gandhi I once read an account of bullying in rural America in the early 20th century. The narrator said, “If a victim did not stand up to them, there was no limit to how far the bullies would go.” He […] The post A Path Will Rise to Meet Us first appeared on Charles Eisenstein.
The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.– Mohandas K. Gandhi I once read an account of bullying in rural America in the early 20th century. The narrator said, “If a victim did not stand up to them, there was no limit to how far the bullies would go.” He […] The post A Path